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After a major fire damaged several pieces of equipment at Evergreen Forest in New Meadows, ID, USNR is building new machines to get the mill running at full capacity again. The initiative will take place over the course of several phases, some of which have already been completed. Evergreen has already received new edger scanning[…]

As fires still impact Canada, a fourth crew from Fire and Emergency is on its way to the province of Alberta to help fight wildfires. The crew of 22 will spend up to six weeks providing specialist support for what has been the worst wildfire season in Canada. The fourth contingent is made up of[…]

Three of Forestry Corporation’s most experienced firefighters and incident management specialists are part of the Australian firefighting contingent being deployed to Canada to assist with the wildfire emergency. The overseas deployment comprises a 222-strong contingent from Australian and New Zealand fire agencies, coordinated by the Australasian Fire Authorities Council’s National Resource Sharing Centre. “AFAC as the[…]

TED Vancouver: Aerospace executive talks new tools to help fight wildfires from space With “mega fires” of more than 40,000 hectares becoming more prevalent, George Whitesides says better satellites are among the innovative tools firefighters need to cope with them. Author of the article: Derrick Penner in the Vancouver Sun Former aerospace executive George Whitesides[…]

spaceDrax has announced that almost 50 years of power generation from coal at its North Yorkshire power station has come to an end. • Drax has announced that almost 50 years of power generation from coal at its North Yorkshire power station has come to an end. • Drax Power Station was once Western Europe’s largest[…]

Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Head Office: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director, President, and CEO: Shinji Shimomura) secured an order from Tosoh Corporation (Representative Director, President: Mamoru Kuwada) for a 74 MW-class wood biomass and recycled fuel-fired boiler (planned construction site: Nanyo Complex, Shunan City, Yamaguchi Prefecture) based on the EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contract. This[…]

Pezzolato have recently delivered a new equipment for the preparation of firewood to a long-standing customer in northern Italy, designed to work with heterogeneous materials and with dimensions up to 900 mm in diameter. The TLA 15 cutting unit, equipped with a 1500 mm diameter disc to cut bundles of wood and single logs with[…]

The Keravanjoki Community Centre, commissioned by the City of Kerava, is to be completed in the autumn of 2021. The construction of the building was realised with the alliance model and adaptability, health factors and low energy costs were key considerations in its design. Wood is used in both the building’s facade and interior spaces.[…]

Imagine a system that could detect any bushfire in Australia within minutes of ignition so firefighters could tackle the blaze before it spreads. Recently, an important development on the road to this future: a Queensland-based company, Fireball, announced the first purpose-built satellite for fire detection in Australia. Scheduled for launch a year from now, the[…]

PLAY THE VIDEO – CLICK HERE The importance of wildfire suppression and effective firefighting measures has increased globally. In recent years, human activities and global warming have increased wildfires in all parts of the world. Making use of the properties of forest machines